New research out of West Virginia University says trees are now taking up more Carbon Dioxide than ever recorded. And because forests are the planet’s carbon sink, trees all over the world are actually growing larger to keep up with rising CO2. Mixed deciduous forest within the Monongahela National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia 2018
Credit Justin Mathias
What s known as the Gaia theory posits, earth is a self-regulating system with a positive feedback loop that somehow, keeps things in homeostasis or balance.
“We know that CO2 has been building up since the industrial revolution,” says Richard Thomas, professor of biology at WVU. “There s been a 48% increase since then.”
A mangrove forest in Ca Mau province - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Ca Mau (VNA) – An
environment monitoring project for mangrove aquaculture (AQUAM)
in Ca Mau was kicked off on January 15 by the Mekong Delta province s Department
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Australia’s University of Queensland and
the Greenfield Consulting and Development Ltd (GFD).
The project, which
will be implemented by UQ and GFD Ltd, aims to build an environmental monitoring
system for mangrove aquaculture, provide information on management of mangrove
forests and sustainable aquaculture towards improving
livelihoods for and resilience of
coastal communities to climate change
The project is carried out in key mangrove aquaculture areas in
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